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Japan Shares Mixed; Real Estate Shares Slip Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded mixed Thursday morning in Tokyo, finding some support from strength in oil shares but mostly pressured by losses in real-estate stocks. The Nikkei 225 Ave...
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Japan Q1 Large All-industry Business Conditions -2.4% Q/q Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
(RTTNews) - An index monitoring business conditions among corporations with capital of 1 billion yen or more declined 2.4 percent in the first quarter of 2010, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursda...
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Foreigners Net Sellers Of Japan Stocks, Bonds Last Week Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
(RTTNews) - Foreign residents became net sellers of Japan stocks and bonds last week.Japan's Ministry of Finance reported Thursday that foreigners sold 268.2 billion yen more in Japan-based stocks th...
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Authernative Granted Us And Japanese Patents For User Authentication Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Authernative, Inc., a leading developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies, announced today that it recently has been...
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Australian Stocks Rise As Japanese Futures Are Little Changed Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Australian stocks rose as higher prices for oil and metals boosted commodity companies, while Japanese index futures were little changed.
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Man, 2 Sons Hurt In Hit-and-run Involving U.s. Military Vehicle Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
A U.S. military vehicle hit a car on a road in Okinawa Prefecture and drove away Tuesday night, leaving a man and his two sons inside the car injured, police said Wednesday. The U.S. Navy in Okinawa ...
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No Executions Carried Out Under Chiba's Watch Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The Yomiuri Shimbun During the six months since she took office, Justice Minister Keiko Chiba, a former member of the federation of Diet members promoting abolition of the death penalty, has or...
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Medical Tourism Seen As A Tonic For Japan's Ailing Economy Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
TOKYO - Anatoly Stolbikov emerged from a health checkup at Kitazato University’s Kitazato Institute Hospital in Minato Ward, Tokyo, with a satisfied look on his face."The examinations took only...
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Japan's Creepiest Iphone App Has Its Eyes On The West Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Tokyo, Japan – HourFace from MotionPortrait, one of Tokyo’s hottest iPhone dev studios, has topped the charts in Japan since it launched in January and is now updated and better than ever....
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Goldstein Buys Denooyer Mitsubishi Franchise Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
in Albany, N.Y., has purchased a Mitsubishi franchise and plans to employ 20 people when the operation fully opens in early April. Goldstein bought the Mitsubishi franchise from the
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Johnny Depp To Spend 15 Hours In Japan For 'alice In Wonderland' Premiere Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
TOKYO — Actor Johnny Depp, 46, will make a 15-hour visit to Japan next Monday, arriving in a private jet for the Japan premiere of Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland,&#...
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Famed Fortuneteller Allegedly Swindles Osaka City For Welfare Benefits Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
OSAKA — A popular fortuneteller in Osaka was indicted Wednesday on fraud charges after he was found to have lied about his estimated 3 million yen in monthly income and swindled Osaka City for ...
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Japan Post Mulls Granting Regular Employment To 100,000 Workers Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
TOKYO — Japan Post Holdings Co is considering giving regular employment status to about 100,000 of its groups’ nonregular workers over a five-year period starting in April, sources famili...
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Springboks Star Fourie Du Preez To Play In Japan Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
JOHANNESBURG — Springboks scrumhalf Fourie du Preez will join a club in Japan after the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Du Preez, South Africa’s 2009 player of the year who turns ...
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Arab Countries Join Japan In Fight Against Bluefin Tuna Ban Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Several Arab countries on Wednesday signaled support of Japan's opposition to an Atlantic bluefin tuna ban. In this photo, a wholesaler carries a frozen tuna between tuna laid out in rows at Tsukiji f...
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Ldp Defector Finds Little Support Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Kunio Hatoyama, a former internal affairs minister and the younger brother of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, has encountered difficulty recruiting allies after leaving the Liberal Democratic Party to ...
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Apache Hold Off Broncos In Opener Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The Tokyo Apache made clutch baskets down the stretch en route to an 88-82 win over the Saitama Broncos on Wednesday night at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2.
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Auditors Hit Japan Post's Kampo Fire-sale Bid Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The government's Board of Audit criticized Japan Post Holdings Co. Wednesday over its December 2008 contract to sell its nationwide network of resort inns, saying the government-owned body failed to e...
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Clinton, Okada To Meet This Month Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet with counterpart Katsuya Okada in Washington or Canada in late March during his trip to a Group of Eight foreign ministerial...
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Honda Powers Cska; Inter Ousts Chelsea Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
LONDON (AP) Inter Milan eliminated Chelsea 1-0 to squeeze into the Champions League quarterfinals after a four-year absence, while CSKA Moscow made it for the first time at Sevilla's expense on Tuesda...
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